Antibiotic-resistant bacteria projected to kill 39 million people by 2050, report says

Bacterial infections resistant to available antibiotic medicines will cause more than 39 million deaths worldwide over the next 25 years and indirectly contribute to an additional 169 million deaths, according to a forecast published on Monday. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney speaks to Ben Cooper, Professor of Epidemiology at the Centre for Global Health Research at Oxford University and one of the authors of the report. He says that vaccines, hygiene and antibiotic education are key to avoiding this crisis.